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the chain will open 30 stores in key areas in china. and more growth for william sonoma, reporting in overall 4th quarter profits 8 percent rise on strong performance on west elm and pottery barn but the c.e.o. resigned today. the luxury retailer is hot online with sales jumping 18 percent in the last quarter. so and therery items are coming become but there is a theme: international sales are strong and online seas are up. higher gas prices are not stopping the luxury consumer. they are getting online to buy the fancy stuff. >>neil: the president personally calling the democrats to vote "no," but 11 voting yes on a keystone pipeline amendment. >>neil: president obama spoke and the senate democrats acted and the president telling them to vote against the g.o.p. backed keystone pipeline amendment. most did but a dozen did not. and the chief white house respondent is speak on that. this would take the president out of the keystone process. many of the senators felt that a no vote would be read as that. >>guest: yes, they fell four votes s
the chain will open 30 stores in key areas in china. and more growth for william sonoma, reporting in overall 4th quarter profits 8 percent rise on strong performance on west elm and pottery barn but the c.e.o. resigned today. the luxury retailer is hot online with sales jumping 18 percent in the last quarter. so and therery items are coming become but there is a theme: international sales are strong and online seas are up. higher gas prices are not stopping the luxury consumer. they are...
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friends to stop buying made in china stuff. tell the stores to start stocking made in the usa. >> peter naff voe, i'll stick with you on that idea. i go a little crazy this time of the year because i'm told the u.s. economy is driving the u.s. economy. 75 misof economic activity. maybe that's not a good economic model if we're sending people out with borrowed money and saving. the same people going out and shopping this past week are the same people they don't have enough money to save for college. how do we change that dynamic? >> high irony there. what i try to do, christine, is have people connect the dots between buying cheap made in china cheating products and the loss of their jobs, loss of our manufacturing base, the logs of our tax base, and by the way, few pennies of every dollar we spend there at the great wall of mart is going to build a very powerful military in china that is going to challenge our pacific fleet soon, so if we connect the dots or change our behavior. >> come on, peter. >> we really need to make red,
friends to stop buying made in china stuff. tell the stores to start stocking made in the usa. >> peter naff voe, i'll stick with you on that idea. i go a little crazy this time of the year because i'm told the u.s. economy is driving the u.s. economy. 75 misof economic activity. maybe that's not a good economic model if we're sending people out with borrowed money and saving. the same people going out and shopping this past week are the same people they don't have enough money to save...
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it is important china did come out and condemn this. north korea probably listens to china more than anybody else, but i do think the international community needs to make good on the consequences. >> what's the concern now, they have a nuclear test, they have a real delivery system? >> it's still many years to get, or at least some years, to get a ballistics capability to threaten us, but these things tend to come in cycles, and so it's not a good sign that they are starting down the provocation road again. >> given how heavily sanctioned they are, why are they doing this? >> this is really about shoring up the son's transmission, his ability to control the military to exert power, to have influence. this is really for domestic consumption more than anything else at this point. >> should we put a lot of pressure on china? we have a new chinese leader. that relationship is so important to us, but is this more important, should we really be pressing the chinese to take a tough line? >> this is an opportunity to engage the new leadership
it is important china did come out and condemn this. north korea probably listens to china more than anybody else, but i do think the international community needs to make good on the consequences. >> what's the concern now, they have a nuclear test, they have a real delivery system? >> it's still many years to get, or at least some years, to get a ballistics capability to threaten us, but these things tend to come in cycles, and so it's not a good sign that they are starting down...
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happened at the end of the war because of the terrible devastation caused in europe and japan and in china at the time because of the war a lot of people were starving there that evolved out and so we did the marshall plan and we had the rebuilding of japan and then americans were encouraged to buy foreign goods to help them out and so while these other countries always had this policy of buy domestic stuff and especially after the war because they were trying to rebuild their economies. we switched over to this al twisted thing of sending money in and rebuilding things actually trying to buy foreign goods and i remember as a kid i was told by my mother you know i'm a dad you know that they're starving in japan and china and germany and all that try to buy german type of japanese stuff or whatever and so what happened is that we got in this habit of buying foreign goods that most countries don't and then sixty years later we've forgotten why we're doing this you know and now it's just ok to fund the buy foreign goods all these other countries don't act like that they try to buy their own s
happened at the end of the war because of the terrible devastation caused in europe and japan and in china at the time because of the war a lot of people were starving there that evolved out and so we did the marshall plan and we had the rebuilding of japan and then americans were encouraged to buy foreign goods to help them out and so while these other countries always had this policy of buy domestic stuff and especially after the war because they were trying to rebuild their economies. we...
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military leaders say they want to counter the increasing strength of china. obama made the announcement in the first news conference at the pentagon by a u.s. president. the strategy took into account the end of the war in iraq and the winding down of the one in afghanistan. pentagon leaders crafted this strategy in line with defense cuts of $450 billion over the next decade. obama says the u.s. will be able to ensure its security with a smaller ground force. >> our military will be leaner, but the world must know the united states is is going to maintain our military's superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible, and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> defense secretary leon panetta made it clear the military will no longer be large enough to conduct large-scale ground campaigns. still, he noted that american soldiers could win a conflict on the korean peninsula and counter the iranian threat in the strait of hormuz. he said the u.s. will help its allies to defend themselves through diplomacy, development, and military assist
military leaders say they want to counter the increasing strength of china. obama made the announcement in the first news conference at the pentagon by a u.s. president. the strategy took into account the end of the war in iraq and the winding down of the one in afghanistan. pentagon leaders crafted this strategy in line with defense cuts of $450 billion over the next decade. obama says the u.s. will be able to ensure its security with a smaller ground force. >> our military will be...
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the united states sees china as the key. the top american diplomate for asia is calling on the chinese government to use its influence to stop the north's new leadership from provoking the south. u.s. assistant secretary of state kurt campbell met thursday in seoul with the top south korean envoy and other senior officials. campbell spoke after the meeting and referred to talks he had wednesday in beijing with members of the chinese government. >> we also urge china to make clear the importance of restraint by the new north korean leadership. we stressed that north korea should take steps to improve relations with the r.o.k. and to abide by its international obligations and commitments. >> campbell said that he and his south korean counterpart have confirmed the countries will remain tightly aligned. he noted secretary of state hillary clinton will meet in washington in the near future with foreign minister king song kwon. he added he hopes senior officials from japan, south korea and the united states can continue to meet t
the united states sees china as the key. the top american diplomate for asia is calling on the chinese government to use its influence to stop the north's new leadership from provoking the south. u.s. assistant secretary of state kurt campbell met thursday in seoul with the top south korean envoy and other senior officials. campbell spoke after the meeting and referred to talks he had wednesday in beijing with members of the chinese government. >> we also urge china to make clear the...
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but fairly light in lower-lying areas of the southwest of china. all right, as for the philippines, i want to bring you down here and tell you about what's happening in the southern half of the archipelago is seeing some very significant rain. low pressure system is helping to enhance that northeast monsoon. so lots of scattered storms, but it is going to be particularly heavy down here towards the south. and as that continues into the next few days, there will be an increased risk of landslides and flooding to occur. let's talk about temperatures, 15 in hong kong, that's definitely a little bit chillier than you were seeing today. that's your wednesday forecast. all the cool air starting to reach right down into southern china. just 4 for the high in shanghai, minus 3 for the seoul there. 1 in beijing and minus 15 in ulan bator. not too bad, just into double digits in tokyo at 10 degrees. let's talk now about north america. the pacific northwest, still seeing that system moving across bc particularly. down into washington state as well. it's very
but fairly light in lower-lying areas of the southwest of china. all right, as for the philippines, i want to bring you down here and tell you about what's happening in the southern half of the archipelago is seeing some very significant rain. low pressure system is helping to enhance that northeast monsoon. so lots of scattered storms, but it is going to be particularly heavy down here towards the south. and as that continues into the next few days, there will be an increased risk of...
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to get tougher sanctions you need china on board, not just to get through the security council but china in north korea's biggest trading partner. if you are going to monitor what goes in and out -- >> it provides a lot of food and oil and -- >> everything. yeah. >> president obama came in office famously promising to engage with regime like north korea. when that didn't work, threats of suffer sanctions. what do they do now and will it work? >> we probably all remember the famous statement from a debate in the summer of 2007, the white house is very alarmed as they should be. this is a big surprise. a big threat. working behind the scenes. talked to a senior official not long ago who said they working to put pressure on russians to try and put pressure on the north koreans as well. a big challenge for the white house. one more thing on the president's plate. in the middle of this domestic maelstrom. >> chris: foreign policy problems as well with syria. >> yeah. >> chris: busy plate. charles, your reaction? >> nothing will happen at the u.n. even if it were to happen at the u.n. it will
to get tougher sanctions you need china on board, not just to get through the security council but china in north korea's biggest trading partner. if you are going to monitor what goes in and out -- >> it provides a lot of food and oil and -- >> everything. yeah. >> president obama came in office famously promising to engage with regime like north korea. when that didn't work, threats of suffer sanctions. what do they do now and will it work? >> we probably all remember...
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in china, if you are too proud of yourself, you also will fail. i believe it is the same level of meaning, don't be complacent on the achievement you have made so far. instead, you need to look forward and make policies ready in order to meet the new challenges. >>> the tokyo stock exchange kicked off the new year on wednesday. officials from the tse and security firms pray for brisk trading in 2012. the new year ceremony marking the first session of this year was attended by service minister and the previous president and ceo, participants clapped hands in the traditional japanese manner and prayed for a busy year. some traders say the market was up, because the nikkei ended last year at its lowest mark in nearly three decades. the early trading volume also shrank to less than half the peak. the power of japan in kanji characters hoping they will return to the market. and wishes for recovery from the march disaster. >>> tokyo share prices climbed on wednesday due a more optimistic outlook for the u.s. economy. the nikkei average closed at 8,560,
in china, if you are too proud of yourself, you also will fail. i believe it is the same level of meaning, don't be complacent on the achievement you have made so far. instead, you need to look forward and make policies ready in order to meet the new challenges. >>> the tokyo stock exchange kicked off the new year on wednesday. officials from the tse and security firms pray for brisk trading in 2012. the new year ceremony marking the first session of this year was attended by service...
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in china we say if you are too proud of yourself you also will fail. i believe it's a similar meaning. don't be complacent on the achievement you have made so far. instead you need to look forward and make policies right in order to meet the new challenges. >> that was a report filed by our reporter yoshio anima from singapore. and now time to get you the latest recap of market figures. ♪ >>> and that is the latest in business news. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> the first week of the year is bringing wintry conditions to some parts of japan. with more on that and the rest of the world weather picture, here's sayaka mori. >>> hello. welcome to your weather update. let's take a look at what's happening across east asia. in japan we are looking at a typical wintry weather pattern. what that means is very dry along the pacific side and very snowy along the western side. areas from hokkaido all the way down to the cheguk area we are still seeing heavy snow and an additional 50 centimeters are still possible in the northern areas and the rest of the areas w
in china we say if you are too proud of yourself you also will fail. i believe it's a similar meaning. don't be complacent on the achievement you have made so far. instead you need to look forward and make policies right in order to meet the new challenges. >> that was a report filed by our reporter yoshio anima from singapore. and now time to get you the latest recap of market figures. ♪ >>> and that is the latest in business news. >> thanks very much, ai. >>>...
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we'll see where china opens next hour. back to catherine now. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> voters in taiwan have two main choices in saturday's national election, incumbent ma ying-jeou is running against the progressive party, tsai i think-wen is hoping to gain control after four years out of office. he made it possible for taiw taiwanese to sell more goods there. the opposition dpp is afraid this success could cost them votes. >> reporter: this is delicious. the soup that i'm having contains a local delicacy called milkfish. people in taiwan enjoy milkfish, but as living standards get better, shoppers buy more expensive fish. demand for milkfish has hit the ceiling. this man lives in a city on the southern part of the island. no other place in taiwan produces as much milkfish. he says last year the amount shipped to other locations on the island as well as overseas increased by nearly 20%. >> translator: things have gotten a little better compared to two years ago. >> reporter: over the year, farmers and fishermen on sou
we'll see where china opens next hour. back to catherine now. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> voters in taiwan have two main choices in saturday's national election, incumbent ma ying-jeou is running against the progressive party, tsai i think-wen is hoping to gain control after four years out of office. he made it possible for taiw taiwanese to sell more goods there. the opposition dpp is afraid this success could cost them votes. >> reporter: this is delicious. the soup that...
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they include growth in areas like china and india. >> reporter: and, scott, the instability in iran is, of course, having speculators driving up the price of oil and as always there is increased demand. supply is an issue and as people here at the white house like to point out, oil and gas production has actually gone up every year since president obama has been in office and it's at its highest since 2003. >> pelley: norah, thanks very much. we were curious which americans are paying the highest gas prices and our research department tells us the number one town in america is the president's home state, hilo, hawaii, at $4.44 a gallon. the top ten cities on the mainland with the highest gas prices are all in california. leading off with santa barbara at $4.11. the candidates running for the republican nomination for president were critical of gas prices today. a week from today there are primaries in arizona and michigan. the latest pollin polling pollia shows mitt romney with a four-point lead over rick santorum. jan crawford is in teampy tonight and, jan, what are you hearing about
they include growth in areas like china and india. >> reporter: and, scott, the instability in iran is, of course, having speculators driving up the price of oil and as always there is increased demand. supply is an issue and as people here at the white house like to point out, oil and gas production has actually gone up every year since president obama has been in office and it's at its highest since 2003. >> pelley: norah, thanks very much. we were curious which americans are...
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security council resolution to impose even yet additional sanctions on north korea that all depends on how china reacts to that. and number two, while they continue to test and provoke the united states, we still feel compelled to bail them out on humanitarian assistance because of the starvation of their people. we're caught between foreign policy and the real fear they're going to have a nuclear missile test soon. >> dana, the chair of the house committee on foreign affairs calls this missile launch the result of quote, the obama administration's policies of appeaseme appeasement. i'm sorry to have to ask you this question for about the 9 millionth time. why can't the gop move past its baseless 2012 attack lines and try to think of something constructive to do with this kind of issue? >> right. it feels like -- and it's not just north korea. we heard the same on iran. the cowboy diplomacy saying be tougher. in this case what exactly does that mean? does that mean launch a strike on this nuclear power potentially causing the loss of tens of millions of people. what exactly is the alternative he
security council resolution to impose even yet additional sanctions on north korea that all depends on how china reacts to that. and number two, while they continue to test and provoke the united states, we still feel compelled to bail them out on humanitarian assistance because of the starvation of their people. we're caught between foreign policy and the real fear they're going to have a nuclear missile test soon. >> dana, the chair of the house committee on foreign affairs calls this...
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he is planning to visit china and japan early next week. the treasury department said on wednesday that geithner will meet chinese premiere wen jiabao in beijing next tuesday. geithner will also meet the vice president, the presumed successor to president hu jintao. the purpose is to discuss the visit to the u.s. later this year. geithner will then meet japan's prime minister noda and the finance minister. during his visits to china and japan, geithner is also expected to explain about the new sanctions that the u.s. will impose on iran. these are aimed at discouraging foreign firms and central banks from dealing with iran, which is under pressure to stop its nuclear development. >>> let's turn to markets now. tokyo share prices are falling this tning as investors sell export-related issues. concerns about the european debt crisis are resurfacing. >>> the nikkei currently at 8,512. that's down nearly 50 points. a loss of over half a percent on the day. topics also -- topix also trading down nearly half a percent at 739. sources say that sel
he is planning to visit china and japan early next week. the treasury department said on wednesday that geithner will meet chinese premiere wen jiabao in beijing next tuesday. geithner will also meet the vice president, the presumed successor to president hu jintao. the purpose is to discuss the visit to the u.s. later this year. geithner will then meet japan's prime minister noda and the finance minister. during his visits to china and japan, geithner is also expected to explain about the new...
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but i'm not going to keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> someone is getting tough on big bird. you have want me to save big bird? somebody is finally cracking down on big bird. going after what has been the biggest driver of our debt and deficit over the last decade. public television. pbs. >> these are tough times with big issues so scrooch your head talking about big bird. >> bret: my tw two-and-a-half-year-old is excited about. this i don't know how many people are that big bird is in the news. he is. all over the news. the big news today perhaps the polls, gasolineup will poll today is now likely voters. they transitioned from registered voters to likely voters. that is a difference. we talk about it before. romney two-point lead. margin of error is tied. first time in a year, real clear politic average, he has the lead in the average of recent polls. what about this? the panel, jonah goldberg, from national review online. kirsten powers for daily beast. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, today's developments and well, big bird.
but i'm not going to keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> someone is getting tough on big bird. you have want me to save big bird? somebody is finally cracking down on big bird. going after what has been the biggest driver of our debt and deficit over the last decade. public television. pbs. >> these are tough times with big issues so scrooch your head talking about big bird. >> bret: my tw two-and-a-half-year-old is excited about. this i...
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. >>> nuclear energy is powering china's economic growth. the country has 15 reactors in operation and is building 26 more. still the nuclear accident in japan last year caused people in china to worry about safety. many are speaking out. nhk world's makoto oda has more. >> reporter: it doesn't look like much, but the message is clear. this sign says the government can't prevent all accidents. workers here in southeastern china are breaking ground for a plant that's due to have four reactors. officials are trying to reassure the public of safety. residents of a nearby town are not convinced. >> translator: if the plant blows up it will affect us. the government should be realistic and talk with us. >> translator: if the plant has an accident, like the one in fukushima it will contaminate the river. so it will also contaminate the big cities down stream. >> reporter: everyone in town depends on the river for water. most for farming. they risk their livelihood if the water got contaminated. even scientists for developed nuclear weapons is agai
. >>> nuclear energy is powering china's economic growth. the country has 15 reactors in operation and is building 26 more. still the nuclear accident in japan last year caused people in china to worry about safety. many are speaking out. nhk world's makoto oda has more. >> reporter: it doesn't look like much, but the message is clear. this sign says the government can't prevent all accidents. workers here in southeastern china are breaking ground for a plant that's due to have...
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china. we want them to share with us most of the perspectives and their plans. >> campbell also said the u.s. hopes to use chinese vice president ping's visit to washington later this month to urge china to help promote talks on north korea's nuclear program. thousands of u.s. and japanese soldiers are preparing for the worst. they're running through exercises aimed at protecting japan from an invasion or a disaster. the annual drill is called yamasakura. the purpose is to enhance the abilities, the u.s. army and japan's self-defense force have. about 6,000 personnel from both sides are taking part. the commander of the u.s. army pacific spoke exclusively to nhk world about the drel and the current security concerns in this region. >> hi, how are you? >> lieutenant general francis rischinski has been the top soldier in the asia pacific region for nearly a year. he's now leading his troops through one of their most important an noonualannual yama. it is making sure that we have the process ri
china. we want them to share with us most of the perspectives and their plans. >> campbell also said the u.s. hopes to use chinese vice president ping's visit to washington later this month to urge china to help promote talks on north korea's nuclear program. thousands of u.s. and japanese soldiers are preparing for the worst. they're running through exercises aimed at protecting japan from an invasion or a disaster. the annual drill is called yamasakura. the purpose is to enhance the...
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and china. it is in our interest to be very much present. and so, um, i guess when we switch from the word pivot to rebalance or, kurt, what is it now? >> pirouette. >> okay, good. [laughter] it's a good thing because we need to be, we need to be there, and we need to be supportive. but we need to be very careful not to be seen as somehow egging this situation on, that somehow sharpening the choices for these countries or somehow becoming an element in the debate within, within china. finally, i'd like to say as someone who's spent a little time in some of these other places in the world, richard, you're quite right. we're not going to be disengaged from the middle east or south asia. far from it, we're going to be very engaged. but i hope it will be an engagement of a diplomatic kind and that we won't have a trillion dollars going into iraq again. because if that's what we're looking at, we cannot manage all of these issue, simultaneously. so i think we can be engaged in these other countries a
and china. it is in our interest to be very much present. and so, um, i guess when we switch from the word pivot to rebalance or, kurt, what is it now? >> pirouette. >> okay, good. [laughter] it's a good thing because we need to be, we need to be there, and we need to be supportive. but we need to be very careful not to be seen as somehow egging this situation on, that somehow sharpening the choices for these countries or somehow becoming an element in the debate within, within...
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, bypassed through china. there also have been reports on the voice of america that an iranian team of scientists have been seen recently, in recent days in north korea. so there is questions about the relationship between, and any help that may have been provided to the north koreans by the iranians. clearly the north koreans are very proud of this long range ballistic missile launch. the one in april failed miserably. and for the first time then they admitted that it did fail publicly. this time they extended the window and did not invite foreign journalists to watch this and simply announced when it was successful. they didn't want to take a chance of it failing again. the north koreans trying to time this to coincide with the death of their, their leader a year ago, and so that's why they're carrying this out this week. it is an attention-geting exercise. most u.s. officials believe. the pentagon has been notably silent in reaction to the launch last night, jenna. jenna: it has certainly gotten a lot of ou
, bypassed through china. there also have been reports on the voice of america that an iranian team of scientists have been seen recently, in recent days in north korea. so there is questions about the relationship between, and any help that may have been provided to the north koreans by the iranians. clearly the north koreans are very proud of this long range ballistic missile launch. the one in april failed miserably. and for the first time then they admitted that it did fail publicly. this...
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wisconsin company over to china. virginia lightbulb company to china. g.e. lost 34,000 jobs in this country. >> bob: how many companies send them to china. >> eric: why are they spending snell cheap labor. you told me union brings the cost up for everyone. number two, they are tacking the beegeezes out of companies here. of course they go overseas. >> bob: you say it's the highest tax rate for corporations here? misnomer. >> dana: highest in the free world. >> bob: deductions they pay less than other countries. >> dana: what he meant is poverty in china is outrageous. they respect people's skills but they don't respect their opinions so they fall completely short. we should do more to help improve the human rights situation. >> eric: you talk about the greatness of the union move in the the "a" block. if you unionize china would they have any growth whatsoever at all? if you slap minimum wage on chinese worker what would happen? >> bob: do there what robert barrons did here, murder, maim union people. >> greg: oi vey. >> bob: yeah, right. if you sit back the
wisconsin company over to china. virginia lightbulb company to china. g.e. lost 34,000 jobs in this country. >> bob: how many companies send them to china. >> eric: why are they spending snell cheap labor. you told me union brings the cost up for everyone. number two, they are tacking the beegeezes out of companies here. of course they go overseas. >> bob: you say it's the highest tax rate for corporations here? misnomer. >> dana: highest in the free world. >> bob:...
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he was going to take china to the mat instead they've taken to the mat. i'm going to apply tourists wherever we have to apply them to not kill jobs in ohio and america. [cheering and applause] this election, this lest is about two very different views. and by the way, all of the republicans we're animated about the mistake this is president has made. but let me tell you, the other guys they spent their life in washington. working in world of influence and some cases lobbying, and elected officials, nothing wrong with that. except you want to get the economy fixed and you want to create jobs, i think it helps to have had a job. and i have. [cheering and applause] so we're going to have a choice, as to what nature america is going to be. is this country going to be a nation which becomes more and more like europe with a government telling us what kind of health care we can have? telling us what kind of business it's going to invest in and tesla or going to remain a nation where individuals pursue their own dreams. i believe in the prince. s in which the nat
he was going to take china to the mat instead they've taken to the mat. i'm going to apply tourists wherever we have to apply them to not kill jobs in ohio and america. [cheering and applause] this election, this lest is about two very different views. and by the way, all of the republicans we're animated about the mistake this is president has made. but let me tell you, the other guys they spent their life in washington. working in world of influence and some cases lobbying, and elected...
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the only people that would be hurt is the communist regime of china. if we took $8 billion worth of toys, just toys, that we imported from china and put it into mexico or el salvador, that would be $8 billion worth of sustainability for mexicans to go back to voluntarily go back. >> brian: such interesting concepts. we've heard from a lot of the politicians right now differing version of their immigration policies. but you believe that nobody right now on the political scene is talking about what you're actually talking about in your book. >> unfortunately not. one side wants to do a naked pandering to particular ethnic groups. the other side wants to pander maybe to the chamber of commerce. if our politicians adopted what i've written in press 2 for english, we will have an economic revival and we will have done justice not just to american, but to immigrants because this is about bringing justice to both sides of the argument here. immigrants and for americans, both. >> gretchen: very fascinating book "press 2 for english." thanks for your time. >> t
the only people that would be hurt is the communist regime of china. if we took $8 billion worth of toys, just toys, that we imported from china and put it into mexico or el salvador, that would be $8 billion worth of sustainability for mexicans to go back to voluntarily go back. >> brian: such interesting concepts. we've heard from a lot of the politicians right now differing version of their immigration policies. but you believe that nobody right now on the political scene is talking...
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to compare with china but they don't want to be totally dependent on china and they are looking beyond the status quo to do things that would allow them to have a better relationship with the united states. >> thank you very much for coming in. there is a move to end a fight which has driven a major wedge between egypt and the united states. it is reported that a travel ban has been lifted on a series of american citizens to work for pro-democracy groups in egypt. the americans have been charged with receiving illegal funding for their organization to stir up unrest. >> at a chaotic hearing, the egyptian authorities pressed a legal case that has cost the biggest rift between egypt and the west for years. in the dark our democracy and human rights activists accused of receiving illegal funding for the organizations from the united states. -- in the dark are democracy and human rights activists. they have been prevented from leaving egypt despite the loud protests of the u.s. government. i met one of the egyptians who has been charged. she runs the egyptian office of a pro-democracy orga
to compare with china but they don't want to be totally dependent on china and they are looking beyond the status quo to do things that would allow them to have a better relationship with the united states. >> thank you very much for coming in. there is a move to end a fight which has driven a major wedge between egypt and the united states. it is reported that a travel ban has been lifted on a series of american citizens to work for pro-democracy groups in egypt. the americans have been...
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you have these leadership changes in china and japan next week, and it gives them a leg up in coming back to the negotiating table as a stronger country because they've demonstrated this long-range technolo technology. >> so you look back at april and the embarrassing failed launch. it has a lot of people wondering how this successful launch could come so quickly on the heels of the other, and it also has people asking who may be helping north korea at this time. obviously, iran enters into the picture when people do discuss this. is this something that is a game change for us in terms of how to deal with north korea and iran at the same time? >> i think it's a pretty big deal. the april launch was not successful, but if you track their launches going back to 2006, the 2006 and particularly the 2009 tests were fairly successful. so the fact that this one came about, whatever happened in april was something, some mechanical problem was catastrophic, but this test was clearly a success. yes, there is cooperation between iran and north korea. every north korean missile that they have pr
you have these leadership changes in china and japan next week, and it gives them a leg up in coming back to the negotiating table as a stronger country because they've demonstrated this long-range technolo technology. >> so you look back at april and the embarrassing failed launch. it has a lot of people wondering how this successful launch could come so quickly on the heels of the other, and it also has people asking who may be helping north korea at this time. obviously, iran enters...
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>> i can understand why companies are sending their manufacturing to china if this is the sort of workers they are getting. do these people have families? the man, you are blooping them out. i have watched the video several times. >> and watch the tent in the background. >> i know, and he uses the f worked over and over. does he have a wife or daughter or any relatives or neighbors that are watching him behave this way? the cold-cocking. >> and boom. >> shocking. most the times he's holding his hands up to show he's peaceful. this is the left this america and unfortunately a lot of michigan has become that way, why is why most of the michigan anders you meet, you meet after they leave the state. because if there is ever going to be a change, if michigan will be saved and not become worse than greece, it will be because of the governor snider and the republicans. >> and the president went there jed and a made his public comments. these are his supporters. >> oh, yes. >> he appeals to the union workers. >> well, beyond him not condemning it, why is he supporting a system that has led to no
>> i can understand why companies are sending their manufacturing to china if this is the sort of workers they are getting. do these people have families? the man, you are blooping them out. i have watched the video several times. >> and watch the tent in the background. >> i know, and he uses the f worked over and over. does he have a wife or daughter or any relatives or neighbors that are watching him behave this way? the cold-cocking. >> and boom. >> shocking....
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to china. but obviously that's the clear implication of the ad. so the fundamental message is a lie. they just covered themselves enough with the language. maybe they thought they wouldn't get called out on it. i think this ended up backfiring on them. they were desperate at that point. they were desperate to win ohio. i think it was net loss. they got killed, as you say, and it back fired. >> i think it's one of the things that worked the other way. whiplash against it. thank you, great reporting. when we return, let me finish with the ultimate triumph this year. believe it or not, of truth. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together
to china. but obviously that's the clear implication of the ad. so the fundamental message is a lie. they just covered themselves enough with the language. maybe they thought they wouldn't get called out on it. i think this ended up backfiring on them. they were desperate at that point. they were desperate to win ohio. i think it was net loss. they got killed, as you say, and it back fired. >> i think it's one of the things that worked the other way. whiplash against it. thank you, great...
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china's holding of u.s. debt has increased 56% over the course of the obama presidency which comes out to about $400 billion more. it has bought or invested in more than $15 billion in more than 100 u.s. companies going pack to january of 2010. that is influence. martha: new numbers raising fresh concerns here at home about our economy. the u.s. consumer spending numbers showing signs of weakening after four months of gains. experts blame things like very high unemployment of course and the prospect of increased taxes as we get closer to the fiscal cliff. looks like everybody's taxes are going up no matter how this thing is comes out. consumer spending accounts for more than 2/3 of economic output. especially important at this time of year of course when a lot of sectors in all of these areas have been struggling, here is a bit of good news. martha: okay. take it. bill: not a lot. if you're driving on the road, thanks to shrinking demand manned lower fuel prices gas is sinking like a stone. a drop of 34 cent
china's holding of u.s. debt has increased 56% over the course of the obama presidency which comes out to about $400 billion more. it has bought or invested in more than $15 billion in more than 100 u.s. companies going pack to january of 2010. that is influence. martha: new numbers raising fresh concerns here at home about our economy. the u.s. consumer spending numbers showing signs of weakening after four months of gains. experts blame things like very high unemployment of course and the...
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and north korea in china last week, so there are some people who question how real the separation is, but that remains. we are told that remains of u.s. policy. >> there are reports north korea is loosening its border controls, allowing north korean side to cross the border into china, but they have to bring home a can of food. >> this is complicated. north korean have never found it easy to leave their country, and this is loosening of controls apply to people who have relatives inside china. they have already -- always been able to cross over for a short times, but i am told they were asked to bring home two and a half tons of food. if the report is true, that does indicate north korea is very keen to get more food into the country. >> thank you so much for that update. >> there were 150 days to go before london's olympic games, and doris johnson -- boris johnson launched five balloons on the thames. as he heads into your own reelection campaign, many think he holds -- into a reelection campaign, many things he holds higher ambitions. >> the countdown has begun. the five giant olymp
and north korea in china last week, so there are some people who question how real the separation is, but that remains. we are told that remains of u.s. policy. >> there are reports north korea is loosening its border controls, allowing north korean side to cross the border into china, but they have to bring home a can of food. >> this is complicated. north korean have never found it easy to leave their country, and this is loosening of controls apply to people who have relatives...
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indeed, tensions in the south china sea have rarely been higher. at the same time, the number and sophistication of cyber attacks on american targets by chinese actors likely with chinese government involvement in my cases is growing increasingly severe and damaging. indeed, last year's report from the office of the national counterintelligence executive makes clear, quote, chinese actors are the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage." p in afghanistan the taliban insurgery is damaged but not broken and regrettably their will to stay in the foegs in the international coalition in our afghan partners has been increased by the administration's repeated public commitments to certain dates for withdrawing down our military forces regardless of conditions on the ground. meanwhile, pakistan remains as fragile and combustible as ever, and as our witnesses' statements make clear, pakistan's intelligence service continues to support terrorist elements inside afghanistan that are attacking and killing americans. in iraq the fr
indeed, tensions in the south china sea have rarely been higher. at the same time, the number and sophistication of cyber attacks on american targets by chinese actors likely with chinese government involvement in my cases is growing increasingly severe and damaging. indeed, last year's report from the office of the national counterintelligence executive makes clear, quote, chinese actors are the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage." p in afghanistan the...
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you know, a freedom movement rose up a year ago against the assad dictatorship and after russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution this month that called on bashar al-assad to step down he apparently decided that this was his chance to crush the rebels. president obama said this today. >> it is absolutely imperative for the international community to rally and send a clear message to president assad that it is time for a transition, it's time far regime to move on and it is time to stop the killing of syrian citizens by their own government. >> pelley: that's the message the secretary of state took today to a remarkable meeting of 70 countries that got together in tunisia to find a way to stop assad. wyatt andrews is there. >> reporter: secretary of state clinton, in the harshest rhetoric she's used so far, warned both assad and his arms suppliers-- include, russia-- that the death and suffering of innocent people has to end now. >> if the assad regime refuses to allow this life-saving aid to reach people in need, it will have even more blood on its hands. and so, too, will those nations
you know, a freedom movement rose up a year ago against the assad dictatorship and after russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution this month that called on bashar al-assad to step down he apparently decided that this was his chance to crush the rebels. president obama said this today. >> it is absolutely imperative for the international community to rally and send a clear message to president assad that it is time for a transition, it's time far regime to move on and it is time to stop...
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factories leaving china and coming back home. david muir and the "made in america" team, on who's hiring, here, right now. >>> diet drug. a thumbs-up for the first new weight loss pill in more than ten years. >>> and in the doghouse. what are they doing behind the scenes to get uggie to do this? >>> good evening. the most stressful job in america today just may be the person who has to change the rising price on the sign at the gasoline station. the average price tonight, $3.58 and going up every day. and all day long, across america, as americans filled up, they got fed up. as abc's cecilia vega found out. and she's in los angeles tonight. cecilia? >> reporter: good evening, diane. boy, these prices are off the charts here. $4.99 for a gallon of regular. if you think that's bad, there are drivers in alaska who are reportedly now paying $6 a gallon. these prices are starting to take a toll on drivers. and they are venting their anger. gas prices aren't the only thing on the rise these days. so are tempers all around the country.
factories leaving china and coming back home. david muir and the "made in america" team, on who's hiring, here, right now. >>> diet drug. a thumbs-up for the first new weight loss pill in more than ten years. >>> and in the doghouse. what are they doing behind the scenes to get uggie to do this? >>> good evening. the most stressful job in america today just may be the person who has to change the rising price on the sign at the gasoline station. the average...
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the most important, china, they are saying want a moderate and prudent response. may well go to the u.n. security council this morning. back to you. martha: so how important is it for north korea's missile regime, missile program i should say they were able to launch this weapon successfully? they have seen several failures in the past? >> reporter: well it is a major scientific achievement if you look at it on that level even though a lot of their people are starving in the country. from what the experts are saying they're still a long way off from being able to fire a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead. there is problems with the heat from reentry, things like that. but it's, they are moving towards that ballistic missile which could threaten in the future the u.s. mainland. but it does seem a political success for the new leader, kim jong-un, this young new leader. he pushed for this rocket to be tested and for once it has been successful. back to you. martha: david, thank you very much. we'll have more on that coming up later. bill: certainly will. david
the most important, china, they are saying want a moderate and prudent response. may well go to the u.n. security council this morning. back to you. martha: so how important is it for north korea's missile regime, missile program i should say they were able to launch this weapon successfully? they have seen several failures in the past? >> reporter: well it is a major scientific achievement if you look at it on that level even though a lot of their people are starving in the country. from...
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we do best with china when we're doing real stuff with china, and the real stuff that we did with china on cambodia, we were having trouble finding stuff to do with china especially in the wake of the issues that merged with china. and to be sure, we set up the working groups. my goodness, i think we had 365 dialogues with china across every subject. we weren't finding real things we could sit down and say, okay we'll do this if you do this that. and do kind of a real address real problems. i think the sixth-parties were also important pause of the pattern of cooperation and interaction we established with the chinese. you know, when i look at the sort of i guess we'll get in to this when further discussions. when i look at where we're going go in the future, we have to figure out that relationship with china, and hen somewhere between g-2 and china as the ever lasting enemy with which we're bound to conflict. the overreading of the wars. by the way, i'm from denver no one reads -- [inaudible] in denver. it's only happening in think tanks in washington. i do not know why, but i guess we
we do best with china when we're doing real stuff with china, and the real stuff that we did with china on cambodia, we were having trouble finding stuff to do with china especially in the wake of the issues that merged with china. and to be sure, we set up the working groups. my goodness, i think we had 365 dialogues with china across every subject. we weren't finding real things we could sit down and say, okay we'll do this if you do this that. and do kind of a real address real problems. i...
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what we need is, number one, we cannot always say that it is up to china. china has leverage over them. they don't dictate. what we need is a new approach. in the new six-party talk countries, involving russia, china, south korea, the united states, japan, and i don't know exactly what that is. but it is a combination of toughening the policy with some kind of rewards if there is movement, a positive movement. we have never really tested this guy. we know very little about him. so, i'm not saying the answer is to isolate him completely. that doesn't seem to be working. some kind of engagement, i don't know exactly what. i'm not in the government. i'm a private citizen but i think our approach to north korea ranging from engagement, to sanctions, has not worked. so what we need to do is find a way to deal with him that tests this new guy. we should not just say forget about him and isolate him because he has had nuclear weapons and we have had 60,000 troops there and he has missiles. his people are starving. at the least we need to find ways in a humanitaria
what we need is, number one, we cannot always say that it is up to china. china has leverage over them. they don't dictate. what we need is a new approach. in the new six-party talk countries, involving russia, china, south korea, the united states, japan, and i don't know exactly what that is. but it is a combination of toughening the policy with some kind of rewards if there is movement, a positive movement. we have never really tested this guy. we know very little about him. so, i'm not...
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and get this, gm's buick excel, is the most popular car in china. and when "world news" went to china, gm showed diane that van, that many families pooled their money to buy and then shared with the neighbors. and then, the prototype, the electric car, seating just two, they're getting ready for that exploding middle class moving into the cities. but it's not just sales overseas being credited. it's sacrifice here at home. those workers took pay cuts up to 40%. and cuts in benefits all as part of the bailout. today, they learned 47,500 blue-collar workers will get up to $7,000 in profit sharing. it was promised if they hit this mark. she works on the line. good. she says that check on the way, already spent. >> get caught up on some bills. and maybe i'll be able to get my new gm vehicle. >> reporter: a gm. >> yeah. of course. of course. >> reporter: we want to know what the taxpayers will get paid back at this point. chrysler has paid back all of its money. and gm has paid back half of what it owes. you have to keep in mind, the american taxpayer ow
and get this, gm's buick excel, is the most popular car in china. and when "world news" went to china, gm showed diane that van, that many families pooled their money to buy and then shared with the neighbors. and then, the prototype, the electric car, seating just two, they're getting ready for that exploding middle class moving into the cities. but it's not just sales overseas being credited. it's sacrifice here at home. those workers took pay cuts up to 40%. and cuts in benefits...
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profit there, if they keep their money in china and invest it in china, no u.s. tax, if they bring it home to invest here, then we charge them up to 35% tax. that makes no sense, we have to bring dollars home. it's estimated to be over a trillion sitting off shore that can come back here and create jobs, i can get done. >> the repatriotation tax. this is the beginning of the speech too. >> that is my point about the romney speech, it needs to not just be related to the detroit economic club but to people watching him, this should be his wheelhouse, he is the economic guy and money guy and business guy, if he does it relate it to people's lives, it does not matter. >> the tax does not -- it's a significant deconcern. >> it's a very hot topic. the president has an idea on. that -- on that. the president wants to hit companies like ford who are keeping the money off shore and tax it no mat what are. it's is same idea, give them an incentive to bring it home. if you can get it across to voters, it's a winning message. >> it is very, very difficult, especially given t
profit there, if they keep their money in china and invest it in china, no u.s. tax, if they bring it home to invest here, then we charge them up to 35% tax. that makes no sense, we have to bring dollars home. it's estimated to be over a trillion sitting off shore that can come back here and create jobs, i can get done. >> the repatriotation tax. this is the beginning of the speech too. >> that is my point about the romney speech, it needs to not just be related to the detroit...
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. >> pelley: she took the gloves off about russia and china. >> it is just despicable. >> pelley: wyatt andrews and clarissa ward report. troubling news today on iran's nuclear program. david martin has that story. anthony mason on what's driving gas prices to record highs. >> gas prices are outrageous! th pelley: and "on the road" with mr. and mrs. steve hartman. digging for buried treasure. >> this is, like, from 1960, who has paper plate plates from 196? >> exactly! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. today the president called what's happening in syria "the slaughter of innocence" and we got a heartbreaking picture in the fuse room that showed us just what he meant. near the town of hama, two families, 18 people, many children, were shot to death. the rebels said the syrian army did this. we can't verify that because reporters are banned from the country. two reporters who got in were killed earlier this week. as you know, a freedom movement rose up a year ago against the assad dictatorship and after russia and china
. >> pelley: she took the gloves off about russia and china. >> it is just despicable. >> pelley: wyatt andrews and clarissa ward report. troubling news today on iran's nuclear program. david martin has that story. anthony mason on what's driving gas prices to record highs. >> gas prices are outrageous! th pelley: and "on the road" with mr. and mrs. steve hartman. digging for buried treasure. >> this is, like, from 1960, who has paper plate plates from...
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we were geniuses to talk with china in the lead which is when thisnb started? >>guest: china has been giving north korea what it needs to be a threat, and that is time. the beijing sponsored talks have been going on since august of 2003 and we have gotten nothing from it. >>shepard: in 2005 president bush put sanctions in place and a lot of people thought they could be worth something. >>guest: those 2005 sanctions crippled thought korea and north korean diplomats carried cash around in their suitcases because the north was cut off from the global financial system and the important thing about this is we have the sanctions discussion of iran and the sanctions in 2005 worked against north korea and we lifted them early at the behest of china and we need to learn lessons from what we did right before and what we did wrong. >>shepard: time and again for people who dot not know all they row is weapons. they do not produce anything else. they don't produce food, do they? >>guest: not enough. that is why they want food from the united states. china announced an enorm
we were geniuses to talk with china in the lead which is when thisnb started? >>guest: china has been giving north korea what it needs to be a threat, and that is time. the beijing sponsored talks have been going on since august of 2003 and we have gotten nothing from it. >>shepard: in 2005 president bush put sanctions in place and a lot of people thought they could be worth something. >>guest: those 2005 sanctions crippled thought korea and north korean diplomats carried...
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inland china, it's going to be snow in higher elevations. it's going to be clearing in the indochina peninsula, but scattered showers will linger on in the philippines. taking a look at your temperatures, toward frigid, minus 8 degrees. we have a triplet of actually 11 in shanghai, seoul reaching 13 degrees. and tokyo, looking at 15 degrees for the thursday high. on sunday, those digits will become single. so it's going to be a bumpy ride for us for the week and toward next week for us in tokyo here. let's head over to the americas. the winter storm is going to be bringing severe activity up to the great lakes region. the snow is going to be piling up. already in wisconsin we have reports of 30 centimeters that accumulated, additional of 10 to 20 centimeters of that white stuff could be piling up. let's take a look at the outlook we have here. toward new england, this is going to be stretching. this is a mix of precipitation, but out toward the north, as i mentioned, heavy snow. and here with the moisture surging up from the gulf states and
inland china, it's going to be snow in higher elevations. it's going to be clearing in the indochina peninsula, but scattered showers will linger on in the philippines. taking a look at your temperatures, toward frigid, minus 8 degrees. we have a triplet of actually 11 in shanghai, seoul reaching 13 degrees. and tokyo, looking at 15 degrees for the thursday high. on sunday, those digits will become single. so it's going to be a bumpy ride for us for the week and toward next week for us in tokyo...
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just a few comments on china. as the secretary noted up front, it really is the backdrop to everything we're talking about. certainly, in forms of the administration's policy. we would not talk about a rebalance if china was not on the current trajectory we believe she's on, and the report would look a lot different. this is really a central theme that is thread throughout the report. we note that the history of the alliance has been very favorable for china. in fact, in part, china's rise was made possible by the peace and stability and the regional presence our alliance provided. we believe that will continue to be the case in the future. of course, this is an implicit rejection of what we hear from some chinese friend that the alliance is no longer appropriate for regional security going forward. we think china can continue to benefit from the alliance as long as we comet to have the right mix of both hedging and engagement. that's what the policy has been historically both as respect for countries having a ble
just a few comments on china. as the secretary noted up front, it really is the backdrop to everything we're talking about. certainly, in forms of the administration's policy. we would not talk about a rebalance if china was not on the current trajectory we believe she's on, and the report would look a lot different. this is really a central theme that is thread throughout the report. we note that the history of the alliance has been very favorable for china. in fact, in part, china's rise was...